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Bailey, Hatton, and Inwood (2023) report that, of those who joined the British Army in 1914, 74% of officers and 85% of other ranks survived to the end of the conflict. [13] French Marshal Ferdinand Foch listed 41 of his generals killed in action during the war, whose names were engraved on a memorial at Les Invalides. [14]
This is a list of general officers of the British Armed Forces who were killed or died while on active service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.This comprises the period of 1793–1815, and includes British general officers who were serving in the British Army or attached to the allied Portuguese Army.
General Sir Arthur Singleton Wynne: Commanded 11th Infantry Brigade at the Battle of the Tugela Heights during the Second Boer War. Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope CB CMG (5 July 1846 – 11 December 1899) was a British Army officer, killed commanding a brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein in the South African War.
General Sir Bindon Blood (1842—1940), Chief Royal Engineer; Lieutenant-General Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield (1768–1846), Commanding Officer, Woolwich Garrison; General Sir John Bloomfield (c.1793—1880), Master Gunner, St James's Park; Brigadier John Barry Bloxham CBE (1937—), Army Catering Corps
John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1766) Havilland Le Mesurier (British Army officer, born 1783) List of British general officers killed in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; William Lloyd (British Army officer)
List of British Army awards in the Napoleonic Wars; List of British general officers killed in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; List of generals of the British Empire who died during the First World War; List of Royal Navy flag officers who died during the First World War
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office.In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
British military personnel killed in action in the Second World War (1939-1945). Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.